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Profile: Our answer to Donald Trump  the Baron of Ballsbridge

PROFILE Sean Dunne

The Dunner likes the big gesture. On the way into the Heineken Cup quarter-final earlier this year, the Baron of Ballsbridge turned to a man he would consider almost his equal in legend, and asked him if he thought Munster would do it.

Mick Galwey thought about it for a few seconds, considered the weather and the injuries and told Dunne in no uncertain terms that Munster would win. Dunne took out his mobile phone, hit the speed dial and asked a well-known financial figure to place a bet of €50,000 on Munster to win.

Job done they took their seats with a number of other property developers with whom Galwey has gone into business, and enjoyed the game. Afterwards they discussed some properties the former rugby player is developing in Waterford. Dunne agreed to buy one of them, a holiday home, for about €250,000.